Historical place archive

Erzerum in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Erzerum in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records1 event labels3 people1829–1916

Historical events in Erzerum

1829

27 June 1829
Capture of Erzerum
Alexander Pushkin · Russia-Turkey War

Ivan Paskevich, operating on the Caucasian front, took Akhalzic, Erivan, and Kars and, accompanied by the poet Alexander Pushkin, seized Erzerum in north-eastern Anatolia, thus marking the 120th anniversary of the Poltava

27 June 1829
Capture of Erzerum
Ivan Paskevich · Russia-Turkey War

Ivan Paskevich, operating on the Caucasian front, took Akhalzic, Erivan, and Kars and, accompanied by the poet Alexander Pushkin, seized Erzerum in north-eastern Anatolia, thus marking the 120th anniversary of the Poltava

1916

16 February 1916
Capture of Erzerum
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich · World War, 1st

Leads Russian victory over the Turkish. Captures 13,000 prisoners & inflicts casualties of 60,000 killed or wounded

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